Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-10-14

even reading 1t. That was the way Tine
Democrats disposed of the two special
reasons. But they did more; they put a
railroad bill through in the House when
there was no quorum present and it was
signed after IL O'Clock on the 23i of May
the hour of adjournment sine die, Be
sides this they also passed a resolution Civ
ing their clerks extra pay after adjournment
hour. And. Edward Echols, one of the
Democratic nominees for this county now,
was one OF the men who was present.
There he stands now and he won't deny
1t. They went there to settle the debt
| and after they had gotten their own pay,
taking as much as they were entitled to,
they put their hands in the Treasury and
gave the peoples money to the clerks of
the legislature. Ben. Craig and Bailey
Dunlap won't do that sort of thing (great
applause). Edward Echols was there and
saw it done, and it was in his power to
have stopped 1t by calling the yeas and
hayes and showing there was no quorum,
but he said nothing. He is before you again
as Democratic candidate, but he has
been faithless to their interests and the
people don't intend he shall 60 back. Mr..
Yost said the men On the ticket nominal
ed to-day represented classes that had
long been unrepresented, and the people
owed it to those classes that they should
be elected. He pledged himself to use
every effort from now till the election to
elect the ticket. The audience gave Mr..
| 7 ost three cheers.
HON. WIN. e. CRAIG,
was next called for and opened by calling
for three cheers for Craig and Dunlap
| which were given. He then went on to
| say that it always gave him pleasure to be
at meeting of Augusta Republicans. He
could remember some years ago when it
was not SO pleasant. but every year now
the Republicans seemed nearer the prom
ised land.
| A voice-Let's get there.
| For years we have been cutting down The
| Democratic majority, until last year with
the Democraey's favorite son in the field
against US, our little boy here (Mr. Yost)
cut its maj GRITTY down to 260, (applause)
| We have now nominated two men. and
| pitted them against two other men that
represent party faithless to every trust
| it has had. You hear the Democratic
party claiming to be the friend of the la
boring man. Where has it ever proved his
friend? By their fruits ye shall know
them. They have control of the Federal
! patronage here, what laboring man have
they appointed? Is Billy Burke labor.
ing man? Were the Collectors of utter
nal Revenue and Deputy Collectors and
Storekeepers and gaugers laboring men?
Out of sixty storekeepers and gaugers in
this district only one laboring man was
appointed! By their fruits ye shall Judge
| them.
AT the August court we had meeting
of farmers here. But it was run by two
Democratic lawyers. They talked about
everything and everybody but farmers.
They didn't say word about that great
organization the knights of Labor, Zap
plause). When they nominated their tick
man put on their travelling ballot box list
A Voice.-That travelling ballot box is
a he'll of a thing anyhow.
By our fruits judge us Republicans We
claim to be the friend of the lab0ring man
and we have gone ahead and nominated a
horny-handed son of toll, (appiause). The
Democrats say they are opposed to rail-
roads and they have put up Edward
Echols. the son of a railroad President for
your delegate-a man whose interests lay
with railroads. AT the end of the session
he was one Of tt e Is delegates that came
to the aid Of the railroads and let a bill
pass that he ought to have raised his
voice against. They had one farmer on
their ballot box list, old man Aleck Light
uer. but ne was left off.
A Voice. voted for him, too.
Another Voice. That was wrong.
Mr.. Cra1g.-That accounts for their get
ting SO many ballots in the box, the Re
publicans helped them! They did give a
farmer second place and I I'll agree to
fence off the district our farmer and their
farmer live in, and take a vote of their
neighbors, and I'll guarantee our man will
win. The Republican party is the only
party that has brains enough to settle the
debt; give it maj ority in the legislature
and it will settle the debt The Democrats
have had it three long years and showed
that they cannot settle it. They don't do
anything they promise. They promised US
free school books, but they have never
given them. They go on giving the Uni
yersity Of Virginia and the Virginia Mill
tary Institute where rich men $ sons 60,
the States money every year. but they
wont give the poor mans child money TO
buy his books and go to school with. They
pay 81 ,210 a year for a rich mans son to
60 the University of Virginia and won't
give cent for free books for the poor
mans son.
EX-AUDITOR ALLEN
was the next speaker. He commenced a
dreary harangue about the Riddleberger
bill and so forth, in the style that was
familiar six years ago. He closed by
SAYING the Committee On Resolutions had
concluded that no resolutions were neces.
sary, and bad accordingly simply adopted
ono AOo1hi AuihS eho NoViohei 'oPooiioAh
/ platform of 1884. The resolution was
adopted as follows:
Resolced. That the Republicans of Augusta
county in mass meeting assembled, declare
their adhesion to the principles of the Repub-
, lican party as declared in their national plat
J form, and in the best interests of the people
of Virginia. we declare these principles suffic
lent for us, and constitute each individual
member of this convention committee Of
one to work for the success of the nominees
we have this day placed upon this platform
until the sun goes down on the 9Th of Novem
; Der.
AN ASSAULT ON THE RAILROAD CORPO